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$120,000 Settlement in Suicide of CCA Prisoner

$120,000 Settlement in Suicide of CCA Prisoner

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $120,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it failed to provide proper psychiatric care for a prisoner at the Whiteville Correctional Facility, resulting in his suicide.

Prisoner Ricky Ware was known to have suffered ...

$75,000 Settlement in CCA Prisoner’s Suicide

$75,000 Settlement in CCA Prisoner’s Suicide

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $75,000 to settle a lawsuit seeking redress for its failure to provide care to prevent a prisoner’s suicide.

Whiteville Correctional Facility prisoner, Lawrence Ware, Jr., was known to suffer from mental problems. On March 5, ...

$60,000 for CCDA Prisoner Denied Cancer Treatment

$60,000 for CCDA Prisoner Denied Cancer Treatment

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $60,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that officials at the Whiteville Correctional Facility (WCF) failed to provide scheduled cancer surgeries for prisoner David E. Plunk.

Prior to his transfer to WCF, Plunk, a Vietnam ...

$50,000 Settlement in Murder of CCA Prisoner

$50,000 Settlement in Murder of CCA Prisoner

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $50,000 to settle a lawsuit involving the murder of a prisoner at the Hardeman Correctional Facility in Tennessee.

Prisoner Ricky E. Gardner was manually strangled to death on April 19, 2010 by his cellmate, ...

$42,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Assaulted with Padlock

$42,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Assaulted with Padlock

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $42,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging CCA was liable for the assault of a prisoner, Scott J. Rattan, with a padlock.

The August 3, 2002 assault was committed by Connell Sheppard, using ...

$30,000 Settlement in Death of CCA Prisoner

$30,000 Settlement in Death of CCA Prisoner

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $30,000 to settle a civil rights action in the death of a prisoner at the Metro-Davidson County Detention Center.

The suit stemmed from the January 19, 2008 death of prisoner Gerald R. Townsend, who ...

$25,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Assaulted After Guards Open Cell Door

$25,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Assaulted After Guards Open Cell Door

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $25,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging guards at the Silverdale Detention Center opened a prisoner’s cell door allowing him to be assaulted.

Prisoner Jeremy Cross was celled with prisoner Eric ...

$30,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Assault Involving Guard Conspiracy

$30,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Assault Involving Guard Conspiracy

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $30,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged a guard at Silverdale Correctional Facility conspired with a prisoner to assault another prisoner.

The complaint of Willie McLeod alleged that on March 26, 2010, ...

$22,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Assaulted by Warden

$22,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Assaulted by Warden

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $22,500 to settle a lawsuit seeking redress for a warden’s assault of a prisoner following a riot in the chapel at Hardeman County Correctional Facility.

A small riot broke out at the prison’s ...

$10,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured in Kitchen

$10,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured in Kitchen

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $10,000 to settle a negligence claim alleging it failed to train a prisoner on how to use a skillet in the kitchen of the Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility.

Prisoner Roscoe Williams was assigned ...